The Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania has sued Craig Thompson and healthcare companies Agios Pharmaceuticals and Celgene, in Federal Court, according to news provider Courthouse News.

A US-based family foundation that donated $100m for cancer research at the University of Pennsylvania is seeking $1bn in damages from the former head of its research institute.

The Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania has sued Craig Thompson (pictured) and healthcare companies Agios Pharmaceuticals and Celgene, in Federal Court, according to news provider Courthouse News.

The Abramson Center alleges Thompson, who was its scientific director from 1999…

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